SAYREVILLE — An explosion at a JCP&L substation knocked out power to over 3,000 homes and businesses late Friday morning in an outage that could last into Saturday morning JCP&L spokesman Chris Hoenig told New Jersey 101.5 that a worker with a contracted company was burned in the explosion and fire at the facility near Main Street and Sayreville Boulevard around 11:45 a.m The fire was the result of an equipment failure "We are working right now to isolate the damage and get the repair process going The repairs are extensive and we do anticipate the outages extending into Saturday morning," Hoenig said JCP&L workers were also present at the time of the fire or 20% of JCP&L's customers in Sayreville the number of customers without power was 1,800 Hoening said that free ice and water is available at ShopRite on Washington Road It's also available at the Sayreville Senior Citizen Center at 423 Main Street which is also acting as a cooling center The power outage forced an early dismissal for the Wilson School at 1:35 p.m. according to a message on the district website After services at the school were also canceled Report a correction 👈 | 👉 Contact our newsroom Gallery Credit: Dan Zarrow Gallery Credit: Mike Brant A worker was injured Friday in the accident at the JCP&L facility near Main Street and Sayreville Boulevard.\nRead More Hoening said that free ice and water is available at ShopRite on Washington Road The power outage forced an early dismissal for the Wilson School at 1:35 p.m. Chopper 2 is checking out stories and traffic around the area this morning as we head into Memorial Day Weekend Watch more local news streaming live on CBS News New York: https://cbsloc.al/3CsUX3X Report a correction 👈 | 👉 Contact our newsroom 2014 at 12:49 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}South Brunswick Police have arrested two people connected to a string of burglaries in the Brunswick Acres and Monmouth Junction areas The suspects would break into homes off Route 27 in the majority of cases but were also linked to a Monmouth Junction home burglary on Hillside Avenue on August 4 In all there have been nine burglaries in the impacted neighborhoods since April 1 that are believed to be connected to the suspects Detectives arrested the two suspects - a 16-year-old Franklin teenager and 20-year-old Christopher Boston of Sayreville - over the past two weeks The break in the case came when a South Brunswick Police evidence technician processed one of the Brunswick Acres crime scenes and recovered latent prints from a window The prints were sent off to the New Jersey State Police Forensic Lab and a match was obtained The investigation determined that the suspects randomly targeted homes based on opportunity In one case the suspects observed the two residents pull out of the driveway and went around the rear of the home and broke in The items stolen from the homes ranged from jewelry and silver flatware to an Xbox console Boston was charged with burglary and is lodged on $50,000 bail at Somerset County Correction Center where is awaiting other charges The juvenile was released to his parents pending his first court appearance Chief Raymond Hayducka credited detailed crime scene processing and persistence by investigators with solving these crimes “These arrests are the result of a team effort from our crime scene processing officers to detailed interviews by detectives,” said Chief Hayducka Police believe that additional suspects participated in the burglaries and are continuing their investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Dennis Yuhas or Detective Roger Tuohy at (732) 329-4000 ext. 7496 Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. 2012 at 1:57 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Police are investigating an accident that took the life of a 47-year-old Sayreville woman at 10:50 p.m. Police from East Brunswick and South Brunswick units from the Monmouth Junction Fire Department and Monmouth Junction Rescue Squad from South Brunswick and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Paramedics responded to a serious motor vehicle accident on the southbound side of Cranbury Road just before the intersection of Davidson Mill Road was driving a 1997 Nissan Sentra when she allegedly crossed the double yellow lines into the northbound lane Karuga’s vehicle hit Himich’s vehicle head on and she was pronounced dead at the scene Himich was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries The circumstances surrounding the collision are currently being investigated If anyone was a witness to the collision of has any information regarding the collision are asked to contact Patrolman James Angermeier or Patrolman Thomas Kienle of the East Brunswick Police Department’s Special Operations Section at 732-390-6969 Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.